Study skills

　　C. referring to             D. picking up

8. Since Joe was 67 it did not seem _________ that he would continue long in that position.

　　A. probably                B. possibly

　　C. likely                   D. impossible

9. The newly-wed couple have been ______ a new house, but the ones they've seen have all been

too expensive.

　　A. looking about        B. looking out for

　　C. looking into          D. looking forward to

10. His description of the accident disagrees _______ that of the other witness (目击者).

　　A. on    B. with    C. to    D. about

11. A minor carelessness almost __________ him the chance of entering the famous university.

　　A. cost   B. pay     C. took   D. made

12. The Shanghaiese are making great efforts to beautify the city ______more overseas companies will come.

　　A. in order to             B. so as to

　　C. so that                 D. as a result

13. Owen sent an e-mail to _____ that he was off to America with Glen.

　　A. say   B. speak   C. talk   D. tell of

14. I have tried to keep your advice in mind when _________ this year's report.

　　A. to write               B. writing

　　C. to be writing         D. written

15. If Rebecca had started at nine o’clock, she _________ in London by eleven o'clock.

　　A. must be         B. could have been

　　C. should be        D. ought to have been

Keys: 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B  6. D 7. C 8. C  9. B  10. B  11. A  12. C  13. A  14. B 15. D

Step III:Writing:

The art of being a good listener.

听力完形教案

StepI:Listening:

　　Listening Cassette Unit 15. Listen to the text 2-3 times and finishing filling the blanks.It’s a good way of practising listening.

Listening Text

Study skills(第5页): Writing

　　In this talk a teacher gives advice to students about writing compositions.

　　The important point to remember is that everyone can learn to write well.

　　When you have to write a composition, the first thing to do is write down all your ideas as quickly as possible. If the ideas don’t come to you quickly try asking yourself some questions: When? Where? Who? What? Why? If you can talk over your ideas with a partner. You can do this in English or Chinese’, it doesn’t matter.

　　Next, see which of the ideas are connected, and put them in the best order. At this stage, cross out any ideas which don’t fit in. You will always have more than enough ideas for your composition.

　　Some students think that you have to write a long introduction at the beginning of your composition. In fact, this isn’t necessary. Time is short.

　　Now check the plan for your composition. Is it too long or too short? Do you need more information? If so, you may need to go to your school library. Do you need more examples to make your ideas clear? It is more interesting for your reader if you can introduce examples to show what you mean.

　　Now write your first composition. When you have finished, read it through again and check the spelling. Is your composition clear? Are any sentences too long? Are the ideas connected together?

　　Next. ask for another person’s opinion. Show your composition to your teacher or another student. Ask them to point out anything that could be improved.

　　Finally, correct your work and write out your composition a second time.

　　When it comes to the exam, you may not be able to go through all these stages. But at least you can follow this programme: First — ideas, then — plan, then — write.

StepII:完形填空

　　In 1982, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. This sad news, so unexpected, shook the   1  calm and unhurried politician off her balance. Though she did her best to   2  as if nothing had happened and made her public appearances as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured(自信心) prime minister who always had everything under   3   . Instead she bad become a very sad mother who was unable to recover  from her  4   .

　　One day, when she was to   5  at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the   6  of her missing son again. She was totally mentally   7  for the question and lost her   8   . Tears were rolling down